Improvement in cupboard-latches



R. O. ELLRIOH. Cupboard-Latch.

No. 219,927. Patented Sept. 23,1879.

2 W WM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

ROBERT C. ELLRICH, OF SOUTHI NGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO PECK, STOW& WILCOX COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CUPBOARD-LATCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,927, datedSeptember 23, 1879; application filed J annary 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. ELLRIoH, of Southington, in the county ofHartford. and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cupboard- Latches, of which the'following isaspecification.

My invention has for its object the adjustment of the latch-case uponits base, in order to compensate for shrinkage,of the door or casing towhich the latch and its keeper may be applied; and the inventionconsists of a base-plate having longitudinal guides, in combination witha case or frame carrying the latch-bolt, which case is madelongitudinally adjustable on the base-plate, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of acupboard-latch which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the base-plate detached, and Fig. 4is a front elevation of thelatch-case detached from the baseplate.

A designates the base-plate, the same being provided with properlongitudinal guides or ways a a, and slotted at the middle of its innerend, as at b, Fig. 3. The middle portion, 0, of the base-plate is lefton to assist in guiding the latch-bolt; but it may be omitted. ifdesired. The outer edge is provided with screw-holes, as in ordinarybase-plates.

B designates the case or frame which carries the ordinary latch-bolt,the same being projected by a spring and hung in the case in anyordinary manner. At the base of this case there are longitudinal flangesd d, which fit into the ways a a of the base-plate, so as to slide backand forth therein. At the inner end of the case there is a small flangeor wing, e, in which there is a screw-hole to admit the screw whichholdsthat end of the device in place. The screw-hole in this wing is in themiddle, so as to register with the slot 1).

When the latch is to be put on a door, the case is slipped into itsplace in the base-plate, and the whole secured to the door with thefront end of the case flush with the base-plate, as shown in Fig. 1. y

In case the wood shrinks so that the latchbolt does not properly enterthe keeper, the screw which passes through the hole in the wing e andslot b of the case can be removed, the case slipped outward, so as tomake the latch-loolt enter the keeper the desired distance, when thescrew is replaced to hold the parts in the position to which they havebeen adjusted. In case that the adjustment is less ROBERT C. ELLRICH.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTINE M. LEWIS, Onson W. Srrow.

